Receptacle for ash removal

Abstract

A receptacle for removing ashes from a fireplace or stove has a box-like receptacle body strongly constructed of relatively thin gauge sheet steel with a top opening and hinged cover therefor. A long handle is secured to a front panel wall of the receptacle body midway of the width thereof be a relatively narrow, weight-distributing plate to which it is secured adjacent the upper end thereof. The ash-filled receptacle is cantilevered at a distance from a person carrying the same by holding the remote end of the handle.

I claim: 
     
       1. A receptacle for removing ashes from a fireplace or stove while the user is at a distance therefrom, comprising a box-like receptacle body having front, rear, side, bottom, and partial top panel walls forming an enclosure for receiving ashes through a top wall opening; a cover panel of a size that completes the top panel wall of said receptacle body when closed, said cover panel having a rim that overhangs the receptacle body in closed position and fits tightly against adjoining panel walls to largely prevent scattering of ashes when said receptacle is being carried; hinge means hinging said cover panel to said receptacle body for opening and closing said top wall opening; an elongate, stiff handle secured at one end to the front panel wall of the receptacle body and extending forwardly therefrom so that the receptacle body is cantilevered relative to a person at and holding the other end of the handle remote from the receptacle body; and a relatively narrow plate having an upper end portion secured to the said other end of the handle, said plate being secured to the front panel wall of the receptacle body midway of the width thereof and extending substantially from bottom to top of said front panel wall, the walls of said receptacle body being of sheet steel sufficiently thin to enhance sealing of the cover panel when full of ashes and when carried at said other end of the handle remote from said receptacle body, but sufficiently strong to support the load. 
     
     
       2. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the rim of the cover panel overhanging the front panel wall of the receptacle body at the plate is bent upwardly as a finger-hold for raising and lowering said cover panel. 
     
     
       3. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the handle comprises a length of stiff steel tubing of polygonal cross-section, an end of which is welded about substantially its entire periphery to the plate. 
     
     
       4. A receptacle according to claim 3, wherein a steel rod handle extension is slidably fitted into said steel tubing from the other end thereof and is removably secured therein. 
     
     
       5. A receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the hinge means joins the cover panel to the top panel wall of the receptacle body. 
     
     
       6. A receptable according to claim 1, wherein the hinge means joins the cover panel to a side panel wall of the receptacle body. 
     
     
       7. A receptacle according to claim 6, wherein a part of the overhanging rim of the cover panel is substantially coplanar with said cover panel and overhangs its joinder with the partial top panel wall of the receptacle body.